$POL is down around 5% today after the prank announcement they pulled up with post-abstract L2 shutdown.

The timing really did them no favors 😂

“Not a shutdown announcement” probably sounded funny when they posted it, but after Abstract just announced its shutdown, the joke landed very differently.

Polygon says it was mocking the constant “Polygon is dead” comments, but when people are already watching their bags bleed, making a joke about another shutdown is bound to rub some people the wrong way.

People now take “we’re not shutting down” seriously
 while a large percentage of holders were not happy with the prank, a small percentage of holders probably didn’t read the content and assumed it was indeed a shutdown and sold their bags
 what a day!